Ollama Cloud

ollama.com/pricingInference endpoint, pay as you go cloud modelsinference/ollama-cloudJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: None listed: the Pay as you go plan is $0 a month with every cloud model billed per token; included usage credits belong to the Pro, Max and Team plans
Verdict: paidno free allowance; listed for its price
Cost: no price stated
Identity: card?placeholder, not evidence; card required, phone unknown
Binding limit: write-gatedno included usage on the Pay as you go plan: each request is paid with usage credits that are purchased
Evidence: documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-29checked 2026-10-29 (live); stale on 2026-11-29

Free tier	none listed: the Pay as you go plan is $0 a month with every cloud model billed per token; included usage credits belong to the Pro, Max and Team plans unit none; metered on none; a third-party list still shows 'starter usage credits; starter models only' for Ollama Cloud; the vendor pricing page lists no such allowance
Price	none stated
Limits	write-gated (binding) no included usage on the Pay as you go plan: each request is paid with usage credits that are purchased source request-rate 3 concurrent requests on Pay as you go and Pro, 10 on Max and Team; requests beyond the limit are queued and rejected when the queue is full source
Binding	write-gated usage requires purchased credits
Identity	card (placeholder) unverified: the sign-up flow was not captured; usage credits are purchased, so a payment method is expected for any cloud request
Egress	not published
Interface	rest endpoint: https://ollama.com/api/chat
Tooling	native API at https://ollama.com/api/chat with a bearer key, or OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible clients
Composes with	paid cloud models; no free allowance is listed
Reliability	no included usage on the pay-as-you-go plan; every cloud request draws on purchased credits
Notes	re-check the pricing page for a free allowance before relying on the third-party report.
Evidence note	documented the absence of a free allowance is read from the vendor pricing page, which lists no free tier; a third-party list disagrees.

Evidence 4

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-28	ollama.com/pricing	Pay as you go bills every cloud model per token
2026-10-28	ollama.com/pricing	only Pro, Max and Team include monthly credits; Pay as you go pays per request
2026-10-28	ollama.com/pricing	Pay as you go includes 3 concurrent requests
2026-10-28	free-llm.com/free-llm-api-keys	a third-party list reports starter credits that the vendor pricing page does not show

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